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ronald reagan." i think i speak for all of us when i think secretary baker and president obama, because they have strayed out a hell of a lot for us. thank you. mr. obama: thank you, very much. [applause] >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, indiana republican congressman jim banks will be with us to talk about his recent trip to afghanistan. and then a discussion about the u.s. asylum process with your...
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ronald reagan." i think i speak for all of us when i thank secretary baker and president obama, because they have straightened out a hell of a lot for us. thank you. mr. obama: thank you, very much. [applause] >> c-span's "washington journal," live with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, we'll look back at developments in this year's u.s. trade policy and what to expect in 2019 with bloomberg trade reporter. also, a harvard law school professor talks about his latest book "case against impeaching trump." watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, conversations with three members of congress. all discuss losing reelection bids and reflect on their time in congress. >> we go on our devices, we want things quickly. yet jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence. the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. we get be content what from time to time and eternall
ronald reagan." i think i speak for all of us when i thank secretary baker and president obama, because they have straightened out a hell of a lot for us. thank you. mr. obama: thank you, very much. [applause] >> c-span's "washington journal," live with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, we'll look back at developments in this year's u.s. trade policy and what to expect in 2019 with bloomberg trade reporter. also, a harvard law school professor...
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ronald reagan." i think i speak for all of us when i think secretary baker and president obama, because they have strayed out a hell of a lot for us. thank you. mr. obama: thank you, very much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [applause] >> coming up on c-span, a look at women in the workplace. elizabethtain's queen ii delivers her annual christmas message. after that, a program on combating loneliness and social isolation. then, constitutional law experts and attorneys discuss freedom of speech. >> washington journal is live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, we will look back at key developments in this year's trade policy and what to expect in 2019 with a bloomberg trade reporter. harvard law school professor alan dershowitz joins us to discuss his latest book, "the case against i
ronald reagan." i think i speak for all of us when i think secretary baker and president obama, because they have strayed out a hell of a lot for us. thank you. mr. obama: thank you, very much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [applause] >> coming up on c-span, a look at women in the workplace. elizabethtain's...
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ronald reagan." i think i speak for all of us when i think secretary baker and president obama, because they have straightened out a lot for us. thank you. fmr. president obama: thank you very much. [applause] [raucous applause] announcer: here's a look at our live coverage wednesday. on c-span come of the house is back at noon for legislative business. several bills including one that would direct the commerce secretary to conduct a study on development of internet connected devices in the u.s. agenda.on the prime minister theresa may takes questions from members of the house of commons as 7 a.m. two.rn on c-span later, the senate returns to continue debate on the nomination of the deputy commerce secretary. on c-span3, acting epa administrator, andrew wheeler, sit down with the washington post to talk about environmental parties for this administration. and later, a house oversight hearing on the management of federal reasons with the justice department's inspector general and the head of the feder
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what happened was in 1981, when ronald reagan came in, this was the reagan revolution. reagan came in and basically declared war on unions. he broke one of only two unions that had endorsed him. he broke his promise to them. at that time come about a third of americans had a good union job, which meant a third of americans had the equivalent of a good union job. two thirds of us had a good union job and the economy was strong. the american family was strong. a single person working a good union job could raise a family and buy a house, could put their kids through school, could take a vacation, had good benefits. that created, for the first time in the history of the world, a middle class that encompassed more than half of citizens in the country. reagan came into office, almost 60% of americans were what you would call middle-class today. as a consequence of reagan declaring war on unions, today it is about 44% of americans are middle-class. $50 trillion in wealth, from 1980 today, has been extracted from the middle-class and handed to the top 1%, which now have so muc
what happened was in 1981, when ronald reagan came in, this was the reagan revolution. reagan came in and basically declared war on unions. he broke one of only two unions that had endorsed him. he broke his promise to them. at that time come about a third of americans had a good union job, which meant a third of americans had the equivalent of a good union job. two thirds of us had a good union job and the economy was strong. the american family was strong. a single person working a good union...
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what happened was in 1981, when ronald reagan came in, this was the reagan revolution. reagan came in and basically declared war on unions. he broke one of only two unions that had endorsed him. he broke his promise to them. at that time come about a third of americans had a good union job, which meant a third of americans had the equivalent of a good union job. two thirds of us had a good union job and the economy was strong. the american family was strong. a single person working a good union job could raise a family and buy a house, could put their kids through school, could take a vacation, had good benefits. that created, for the first time in the history of the world, a middle class that encompassed more than half of citizens in the country. reagan came into office, almost 60% of americans were what you would call middle-class today. as a consequence of reagan declaring war on unions, today it is about 44% of americans are middle-class. $50 trillion in wealth, from 1980 today, has been extracted from the middle-class and handed to the top 1%, which now have so muc
what happened was in 1981, when ronald reagan came in, this was the reagan revolution. reagan came in and basically declared war on unions. he broke one of only two unions that had endorsed him. he broke his promise to them. at that time come about a third of americans had a good union job, which meant a third of americans had the equivalent of a good union job. two thirds of us had a good union job and the economy was strong. the american family was strong. a single person working a good union...
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talking were just about ronald reagan. let's listen him speaking in june of 1987 calling on president gorbachev to tear down the berlin wall. [video clip] >> mr. gorbachev, open these gates. [cheers and applause] ,r. gorbachev -- mr. gorbachev tear down this wall. [cheers and applause] i understand the fear of war and the pain of division that afflict this continent, and i pledge to you by country's efforts to help overcome these burdens, to be sure that we in the west must resist soviet expansion. so we must maintain defenses and unassailable strength. yet we seek peace. we strive to reduce arms on both sides. host: i was ronald reagan, 40th president of the united states. shreveport, louisiana, homer is on the line for democrats. caller: yes, i guess my favorite is barack obama. i think barack obama because everything is no and he is still getting the job done. as far as abraham lincoln, he didn't free the slaves. slavesthe fight with the -- the rich was were getting harvests off of the slaves in the south. that is my co
talking were just about ronald reagan. let's listen him speaking in june of 1987 calling on president gorbachev to tear down the berlin wall. [video clip] >> mr. gorbachev, open these gates. [cheers and applause] ,r. gorbachev -- mr. gorbachev tear down this wall. [cheers and applause] i understand the fear of war and the pain of division that afflict this continent, and i pledge to you by country's efforts to help overcome these burdens, to be sure that we in the west must resist soviet...
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i traveled with ronald reagan every day for six years and he asked -- how long be think i can hold an audience? i don't he was one of the greatest speech makers in the world. he said -- watch the audience. the first five minutes is adulation, it does not matter what you say. he said 220, you coast through the middle and kick in the end. he said -- watch the audience for 20 to 23 minutes. why do you think that television shows are 23 minutes, 27 with commercials? have theis, you cannot bill clinton speeches that go on for an hour and a half and keep adding points. you have to think in terms of in the future getting your message across in 25 minutes, making it count, making it memorable with some lines in there. i started my life as a speechwriter and richard nixon, a guy viewed not so much as a great speech maker but a guy with great writers around him. he used to make them underlined the soundbite a lot. nine times out of 10 once you did the drill, that would be the soundbite because that is all the soundbite be. 8, 10, 12 seconds. now you have to put together a string of eight to 10
i traveled with ronald reagan every day for six years and he asked -- how long be think i can hold an audience? i don't he was one of the greatest speech makers in the world. he said -- watch the audience. the first five minutes is adulation, it does not matter what you say. he said 220, you coast through the middle and kick in the end. he said -- watch the audience for 20 to 23 minutes. why do you think that television shows are 23 minutes, 27 with commercials? have theis, you cannot bill...
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it's not where ronald reagan was. for all of donald trumps rhetoric represents that center of the republican party much more than jeff flake does. host: he said he is considering running for president in 2020. how likely is that? guest: i think he will get a primary challenge. he is to controversy all not to have one. if george h w bush could get pat buchanan, donald trump will get somebody. the question is how serious will that be? will it be somebody like pat kristol,or maybe bill and intelligent person who represents a certain point of view. host: our guest is henry olsen. your message in the book is what? guest: half of the republican party represents the broad middle, the working class. that's what ronald reagan did. reagan democrats. was donald trump did it despite all of the way he's not like reagan in his rhetoric and ideas, he was the first candidate since reagan to go back to that. he got what we can now call our trump democrats in the same regions of the country. they want that broad center-right philosophy
it's not where ronald reagan was. for all of donald trumps rhetoric represents that center of the republican party much more than jeff flake does. host: he said he is considering running for president in 2020. how likely is that? guest: i think he will get a primary challenge. he is to controversy all not to have one. if george h w bush could get pat buchanan, donald trump will get somebody. the question is how serious will that be? will it be somebody like pat kristol,or maybe bill and...
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when ronald reagan died in 2004 you wrote few presidents in modern times have so dominated or change the world. 40 years on, what is his legacy been? est: of course, the coming down of the berlin wall which came down under george was 41, but the seeds were sown in the reagan administration when he stood up to the soviet union, gorbachev. i think it was 1983 he put missiles in eastern europe to counter the soviet build up there, and the american left was screaming he was going to create world war iii, and instead because this civic is to back down, and that begin the process that is opened up eastern europe and given the freedom unlike anything they have seen in decades. that is a lasting legacy. he raised taxes, but a lower taxes. he named sandra day o'connor to the court, first woman on the court, which is a good thing. she voted to uphold roe v. wade, and some people warned her record was kind of spotty. where we heard that before? i think he was one of the few presidents i have met, i have met everyone since jfk, the presidency did not change them. he knew who he was before he cam
when ronald reagan died in 2004 you wrote few presidents in modern times have so dominated or change the world. 40 years on, what is his legacy been? est: of course, the coming down of the berlin wall which came down under george was 41, but the seeds were sown in the reagan administration when he stood up to the soviet union, gorbachev. i think it was 1983 he put missiles in eastern europe to counter the soviet build up there, and the american left was screaming he was going to create world...
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ronald reagan knew how to stare down our enemies. ronald reagan understood the price of freedom. [applause] and ronald reagan also understood that putting our people back to work means the u.s. has to be open for business, not open to more taxation, more regulation, and more big government strangulation. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, barack obama is not behaving like ronald reagan. he is behaving like jimmy carter. [applause] the individual mandate in obama care is being paid -- is a page out of the jimmy carter playbook. the left simply does not understand. the individual mandate reflect completely backwards thinking. they, the bureaucrats, do not tell us what to do -- we, the people, tell the government what to do. [applause] we are blessed to live in the freest and most prosperous nation in the history of the world. our freedom is the very air we breathe. make no mistake, the policies of the left anchorage -- encroach every day on the very freedom that has made this country great. we will never, ever stop fighting for our freedom. [applause] if we compromise on this bedrock
ronald reagan knew how to stare down our enemies. ronald reagan understood the price of freedom. [applause] and ronald reagan also understood that putting our people back to work means the u.s. has to be open for business, not open to more taxation, more regulation, and more big government strangulation. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, barack obama is not behaving like ronald reagan. he is behaving like jimmy carter. [applause] the individual mandate in obama care is being paid -- is a page...
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i loved ronald reagan and the tried to destroy him. destroy pallin. i'm a a thing, recovering alcoholic, almost 29 call we have a thing we denial, don't even know i'm lying. the peep nel their ego, they yes,paid a lot of money and i believe if it is not outright lies, it is slanderous slanting. as far as the president, abraham lincoln was pretty much he was actual hated whenpresident. we seem to have an addictive news toward when someone is actually in office, we do everything we can to tear down and then when he's out of office, we tend to praise him. pretty that is addictive. host: libby, that was part of ur discussion we had about the historian survey. we had a whole segment on "washington journal" on sunday, want to go back or viewers want to go watch that. comment, liddy. caller: i did. even george washington, one of acted es said that he like he didn't want to be president, but he wore his show l's uniform to that -- we all have different perspectives, okay. my thing right now is a, i believe donald trump is going to this mess. of i do wish the
i loved ronald reagan and the tried to destroy him. destroy pallin. i'm a a thing, recovering alcoholic, almost 29 call we have a thing we denial, don't even know i'm lying. the peep nel their ego, they yes,paid a lot of money and i believe if it is not outright lies, it is slanderous slanting. as far as the president, abraham lincoln was pretty much he was actual hated whenpresident. we seem to have an addictive news toward when someone is actually in office, we do everything we can to tear...
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he represented ronald reagan, bomany others. but we should have been told that comey and the boys were doing a number on him, and he would not have been hired. guest: yeah i mean, listen. i know paul well. i have a lot of respfo he says he is innocent. let's allow that process to take place in the court system. i think the reason the president brought him in, there was a discussion about him winning all of the primaries, or a majority of t primaries, but potentially getting hijacked at the convention, where the delegates were going to swap their votes. paul manafort, from the mid-20's, there was a great book about the 1980 and 1976 , he was helping ronald reagan aggregate and size of the convention delegates. so it was recommended to president trump to bring him in. they got along well. when corey left the campaign, he made him campaign manager temporarily. and as they got through the theention process, i think president wanted to go in a different direction, which is why i think he hired kellyanne conway and steve bannon. the p
he represented ronald reagan, bomany others. but we should have been told that comey and the boys were doing a number on him, and he would not have been hired. guest: yeah i mean, listen. i know paul well. i have a lot of respfo he says he is innocent. let's allow that process to take place in the court system. i think the reason the president brought him in, there was a discussion about him winning all of the primaries, or a majority of t primaries, but potentially getting hijacked at the...
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ronald reagan built up the u.s. military strength and made gorbachev and the soviet leaders know they could not win the game and george bush then took that asset and put together the coalition of the night toe leaders and -- nato leaders and a partnership with gorbachev to keep the process going that allowed the soviet union, encouraged the soviet union to leave eastern europe and end the occupation of europe and allow germany to be reunified. but that took delicate diplomacy to take advantage of the unit that ronald reagan created. host: jack, are you still there? caller: yes, i'm still here. he interrupted me. as i said, he is a brilliant guy but that position mr. bush was in after the fact as you did state ronald reagan did create. it was ronald reagan's leadership over eight years that won and took the job. that man was the greatest president from 1950 forward. host: ok, jack. governor? guest: well, i'm really not disagreeing with jack. ronald reagan was a great president and what he did was spectacular in reass
ronald reagan built up the u.s. military strength and made gorbachev and the soviet leaders know they could not win the game and george bush then took that asset and put together the coalition of the night toe leaders and -- nato leaders and a partnership with gorbachev to keep the process going that allowed the soviet union, encouraged the soviet union to leave eastern europe and end the occupation of europe and allow germany to be reunified. but that took delicate diplomacy to take advantage...
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ronald reagan loved america. steve: you don't think barack obama loved america, for what you think america is? is that the issue? caller: idol think he was a bad guy either. actually, i think he is a good person. but i don't think he cared as much about america and he might put on. steve: thank you. we appreciate that. i think that is the question right there. >> that entire premise. which america are we talking about. steve: we saw patriotic symbolism flourish at the democratic convention. i mean, constitutions being passed out. i have never seen that in my life. so, the question then becomes, what is america supposed to be and become? i don't think it is about the love of america, but about the definition of america. we go live to washington dc in a moment. >> you are listening to steve deace. >> this is the first term of the andrew jackson presidency. the white house opened up a populist movement. frat went in and through ew a party. they were so hungry because they never really got cheated in the election. jo
ronald reagan loved america. steve: you don't think barack obama loved america, for what you think america is? is that the issue? caller: idol think he was a bad guy either. actually, i think he is a good person. but i don't think he cared as much about america and he might put on. steve: thank you. we appreciate that. i think that is the question right there. >> that entire premise. which america are we talking about. steve: we saw patriotic symbolism flourish at the democratic...
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he represented ronald reagan, bob dole, and many others. but we should have been told that comey and the boys were doing a number on him, and he would not have been hired. guest: yeah. i mean, st. i know paul well. i have a lot of respect for him. he says he is innocent. let's allow that process to take place in the court system. i think the reason the president brought him in, there was a discussion about him winning all of the primaries, or a majority of the primaries, but potentially getting hijacked at the convention, where the delegates were going to swap their votes. paul manafort, from the mid-20's, there was a great book about the 1980 and 1976 , he was helping ronald reagan aggregate and size of the convention delegates. so it was recommended to president trump to bring him in. they got along well. when corey left the campaign, he made him campaign manager temporarily. and as they got through the theention process, i think president wanted to go in a different direction, which is why i think he hired kellyanne conway and steve bann
he represented ronald reagan, bob dole, and many others. but we should have been told that comey and the boys were doing a number on him, and he would not have been hired. guest: yeah. i mean, st. i know paul well. i have a lot of respect for him. he says he is innocent. let's allow that process to take place in the court system. i think the reason the president brought him in, there was a discussion about him winning all of the primaries, or a majority of the primaries, but potentially getting...
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ronald reagan was a very good president. but a lot of people forget the clintons, they're the ones that are trying to bring down mr. trump, and it's very true. it's sad. it's a sad day in america when you disrespect the president of the united states. and cnn, cnn, they don't even say mr. trump or president trump. they disrespect him. and that's not good. i mean, give the man a chance. he's doing fine. and god bless america. host: temple, texas. tom is a republican in malibu, california. tom, how do you think the president is doing so far? caller: i think he's doing great. and i'll say this, he is a patriot. he's doing it because he loves the country. also, he has nothing to gain, except make our country better. and i think with his attitude, the problem he's doing is the hirk arky in the -- the hierarchy in the republican party doesn't like him. democrats hate him because they lost, and they can't stand losing. he is pulling the country back. he has common sense, rational thought solutions. e's trying his best to improve th
ronald reagan was a very good president. but a lot of people forget the clintons, they're the ones that are trying to bring down mr. trump, and it's very true. it's sad. it's a sad day in america when you disrespect the president of the united states. and cnn, cnn, they don't even say mr. trump or president trump. they disrespect him. and that's not good. i mean, give the man a chance. he's doing fine. and god bless america. host: temple, texas. tom is a republican in malibu, california. tom,...
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our deficit situation began with ronald reagan. we were the biggest lender nation in the world when he entered. when we left, we were the biggest debtor nation in the world. $10 trillion of the debt now was brought about by reagan and the two bushes. our prior president had a strange accounting system. he kept $3 trillion off the books, like organized crime does. as far as president obama being a failure, we were bleeding 750,000 jobs per month under bush. we are now seeing a steady reduction in the unemployed. we are seeing a gain in gdp. osama bin laden, whom president bush said that he did not give much thought to, is now dead. we took care of the situation in libya with no feet on the ground and now lives lost. i think that our standing right now is much better than it was prior to president obama coming into office. host: we are just about out time. let's listen to our guest. guest: the caller certainly had a lot to say. the fact of the matter is that republicans are always concerned about the national debt and deficit. democr
our deficit situation began with ronald reagan. we were the biggest lender nation in the world when he entered. when we left, we were the biggest debtor nation in the world. $10 trillion of the debt now was brought about by reagan and the two bushes. our prior president had a strange accounting system. he kept $3 trillion off the books, like organized crime does. as far as president obama being a failure, we were bleeding 750,000 jobs per month under bush. we are now seeing a steady reduction...
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reagan was a great president, even though he opposed all those policies. it was a time when the country was ready for that kind of change. around the time of the nevada caucuses, driving president clinton crazy -- figuratively -- prompting him to react in very undisciplined ways. i think did you can only tell the greatness of a person in hindsight. we are living in the middle of a tumultuous event. he is a historic figure and an iconic figure. look at the world's reaction to images associated with him. we have not seen anything like this since princess diana. guest: there were many democratic candidates, but the third one that you -- host: there were many democratic candidates, but the third one that you touched on was john edwards. guest: there were plenty of rumors buzzing around everywhere. they were dismissed out of hand by most people. a lot of reporters and political operatives. they were deeply concerned about john edwards. they thought that they would come in second after edwards in iowa. they thought they had a block of union support that they cou
reagan was a great president, even though he opposed all those policies. it was a time when the country was ready for that kind of change. around the time of the nevada caucuses, driving president clinton crazy -- figuratively -- prompting him to react in very undisciplined ways. i think did you can only tell the greatness of a person in hindsight. we are living in the middle of a tumultuous event. he is a historic figure and an iconic figure. look at the world's reaction to images associated...
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[applause] >> president ronald reagan's trip to berlin. aen, we will speak with college professor on how the baby boom, suburbanization, and teen culture shaped post world war ii society. >> young people began to adopt their own style of dress and music that they listen to. separation ofd of youth culture from the mainstream culture. >> on the 45th anniversary of the watergate break-in, we get an insider view into nixon's white house and the scandal. phone rings,house and i instantly assume it is that dreaded call from nixon. the conversation is surprisingly brief. john and me to meet him at camp david today. again, iphone rings struggle to stay composed. president now feels very strongly that john and i should volunteer to resign. >> for a complete american history tv schedule, you can go to www.c-span.org. washington journal continues. host: you are seeing a live scene of the baseball field in alexandria, virginia where the shooting occurred this morning. it was just under two hours ago at a congressional baseball game practice. the repu
[applause] >> president ronald reagan's trip to berlin. aen, we will speak with college professor on how the baby boom, suburbanization, and teen culture shaped post world war ii society. >> young people began to adopt their own style of dress and music that they listen to. separation ofd of youth culture from the mainstream culture. >> on the 45th anniversary of the watergate break-in, we get an insider view into nixon's white house and the scandal. phone rings,house and i...
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> i know you talk about the saint ronald reagan, the right get very, very -- >> to the contrary when reggen or palin or i guess bush comes up, i think you're the ones who need to go into the therapy. i don't know if it's motivational speaking. you do need the therapy on the three of them. as for motivational speaking, i think motivational speaking is kind of moronic and stupid and someone who maybe listened to a little too much motivational speaking was -- >> was who? >> that girl, huntley, who was just sending letters to the esmg guy. you know, all of that was about how i'm really motivated and i have motivation and ambition and i can do anything i want in life. maybe had too much of the motivational speaking. what is motivational about bush is what he can say, not necessarily the pretty language or the idiotic things that you normally get at motivational speaking sessions. >> i mean, come on. >> what? that's your argument, oh, come on? >> what's he going to say? nothing perks me up like invading a country? what's the motivation? what's he going to say? >> he prevented -- >> may hav
> i know you talk about the saint ronald reagan, the right get very, very -- >> to the contrary when reggen or palin or i guess bush comes up, i think you're the ones who need to go into the therapy. i don't know if it's motivational speaking. you do need the therapy on the three of them. as for motivational speaking, i think motivational speaking is kind of moronic and stupid and someone who maybe listened to a little too much motivational speaking was -- >> was who? >>...
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could you imagine the picture here, it is ronald reagan, could we see that today with president biden at the house republican leader? -- and the house republican leader? guest: i wish we could. back in the 80's, you would see a picture of bonilla and the republican leader at the time -- to o'neill-- tipp o' neill and the republican leader at the time sharing friendship. they worked together, they worked in the same building, chamber. they had lunch together. they are together all of the time. my with an upbeat natural friendships? i think they are afraid to do that's because the donor base does not want to see that. if you're giving somebody lots of money, you do not want to see them hanging around with the other side. because you believe the other side is wrong. that has gotten out of hand. you do not want to have friendship spoiled by having the person you're voting for hang around the other side. it comes from the base, people do not like the opponent. they do not just resist them or oppose them. they do not like them. that has gotten ridiculous. you cannot assume that everybody wh
could you imagine the picture here, it is ronald reagan, could we see that today with president biden at the house republican leader? -- and the house republican leader? guest: i wish we could. back in the 80's, you would see a picture of bonilla and the republican leader at the time -- to o'neill-- tipp o' neill and the republican leader at the time sharing friendship. they worked together, they worked in the same building, chamber. they had lunch together. they are together all of the time....
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i remember being in kindergarten when ronald reagan was elected in 1980 and i think of ronald was alive today, president ronald reagan, he would be very disappointed in some of the actions going on by a small minority, like 1% of the republican party. and that's all i have to say about it. host: thank you for calling in. reporter scott mcfarland sends out this news item by tweet. it says trump is making no use of the pen or paper nearby and that judge tanya chutkan is not presiding, even though this is her case. i apologize if i mispronounce this, but it is judge [indiscernible] reading the four felony counts that trump faces. the next call is edgar in land o lakes, florida. caller: i'm first generation, born in america. my family came from latvia in world war ii. i fancy myself as being a student of history. not only just a child of history. yes, i agree that the charges against trump are valid. i often wonder and have often questioned how is it that a society as educated as germany was could fall to such beliefs against democracy. i don't know whether or not americans have read enough
i remember being in kindergarten when ronald reagan was elected in 1980 and i think of ronald was alive today, president ronald reagan, he would be very disappointed in some of the actions going on by a small minority, like 1% of the republican party. and that's all i have to say about it. host: thank you for calling in. reporter scott mcfarland sends out this news item by tweet. it says trump is making no use of the pen or paper nearby and that judge tanya chutkan is not presiding, even though...
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could you imagine the picture here, it is ronald reagan, could we see that today with president biden and the house republican leader? guest: i wish we could. back in the 1980's, you would see a picture of tip o'neill, and they would be very openly showing friendship. you do not see that today. again, they worked together, they work in the same buildings, they vote in the same chamber, they had lunch together at the same dining hall -- they are together all the time. why wouldn't there be natural friendships? it happens in any business, if you are lucky. i think they are afraid to do that, because there donor base -- their donor base does not want to see that. you do not want to see them hanging around the other side, because you believe the other side is wrong. i think that has gotten out of hand. i think contributions have taken precedence over friendship, and you do not want to see the person you are voting for and giving money to hanging around on the others. and it is not just washington, it is people's attitudes today. they do not like the opponent. they don't just resist them o
could you imagine the picture here, it is ronald reagan, could we see that today with president biden and the house republican leader? guest: i wish we could. back in the 1980's, you would see a picture of tip o'neill, and they would be very openly showing friendship. you do not see that today. again, they worked together, they work in the same buildings, they vote in the same chamber, they had lunch together at the same dining hall -- they are together all the time. why wouldn't there be...
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the point of this story is to reinforce what the great ronald reagan told us. we could talk for hours about what he did for our country. one thing that will be burnt on my brain forever is a simple line -- sooner or later, they will come to take your liberty from you. the loss of liberty, of freedom, is always one generation away. [applause] whether it is the fascists of world war ii, the soviet union of the cold war or whether it is the global jihadists of 9/11, there will always be somebody who wishes to kill or enslave you. it does not have to be with a bomb or gun. there are americans who are giving into this right now. look at the statistics. according to the victims of communism foundation, 42% of millennials want to live in a socialist america. 42%. despite the fact that if you read your karl marx, socialism is the way point, the transition point to communism. it is not an end in and of itself. communism is perhaps the most destructive ideology the world has seen. hitler was evil. according to left-wing historians, you can read the details that the black
the point of this story is to reinforce what the great ronald reagan told us. we could talk for hours about what he did for our country. one thing that will be burnt on my brain forever is a simple line -- sooner or later, they will come to take your liberty from you. the loss of liberty, of freedom, is always one generation away. [applause] whether it is the fascists of world war ii, the soviet union of the cold war or whether it is the global jihadists of 9/11, there will always be somebody...
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ronald reagan. ronald reagan. i didn't love his -- i thought he was great. i loved to style. he was a cheerleader for the country. not great on the trade. for many years, we used to be a nation of tariffs. countries had to pay for the privilege of taking our product, our jobs. they had to pay. they want to to sell their products, they had to pay. today in china they sell a car to less than they paid 2.5%. we sell a car in china, which is almost impossible to do, it is 25%. why is that? that is why we have a trade deficit with china. it is no good. we are changing it. it takes a while. we are changing. [applause] we have to. we have a trade deficit with countries of the world. listen to this number, children close your ears, a trade deficit of almost $800 billion. who makes these deals? he said obama. [laughter] honestly, it is more than obama. plenty of people. plenty of presidents allow that to happen. we are going to get a lot of things straightened away, nafta is under work right now. they are going to be very good. you saw what i did with the tariffs. let's make a deal on
ronald reagan. ronald reagan. i didn't love his -- i thought he was great. i loved to style. he was a cheerleader for the country. not great on the trade. for many years, we used to be a nation of tariffs. countries had to pay for the privilege of taking our product, our jobs. they had to pay. they want to to sell their products, they had to pay. today in china they sell a car to less than they paid 2.5%. we sell a car in china, which is almost impossible to do, it is 25%. why is that? that is...
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so i told them stories about how i came of age in the 1980's on ronald reagan's watch, when he was working with tim o'neill, how o'neill recited the 23rd psalm at reagan's bedside, how reagan hosted o'neill for his 59th birthday at the white house, and how they can have policy disagreements by day, but after 5:00, they got along, and 60% of the senate in the 1980's was comprised of moderates. we have gotten so far away from that. the added message i have for high school students is one of how i think technology is intervening to incivility. i tried to encourage them to never use their thumbs to send a message that they would not send when looking face to face with someone. i look at my twitter page, my facebook page, the comments that get upended on my newspaper column, they are night and day different from what people say to me face-to-face when i travel the country if they want to engage me in political conversation. technology is fueling incivility, in my perspective, and people need to up their game and act like we acted in the not so distant past. host: our guest is michael smerconish
so i told them stories about how i came of age in the 1980's on ronald reagan's watch, when he was working with tim o'neill, how o'neill recited the 23rd psalm at reagan's bedside, how reagan hosted o'neill for his 59th birthday at the white house, and how they can have policy disagreements by day, but after 5:00, they got along, and 60% of the senate in the 1980's was comprised of moderates. we have gotten so far away from that. the added message i have for high school students is one of how i...
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this is the conference that serves as the launching pad for ronald reagan. guest: among many other things. cpac has a checkered history. sometimes they have been mainstream. as i said in my piece, the ways that they have been unconventional has been in things like posting conferences about whether the flat tax is the way to go or whether all taxation is best, that kind of thing. last year they invited my low mila yeahlists -- who thinks it is to praise the alt-right and you think that is funny to be singing and have people do the nazi salute at a bar. advocate guess is an for some kind of pedophilia -- maybe some other term when it isn't quite pedophilia but older men having sex with teenage boys and he is for that and that is the kind of thing that cpac has to send it to. so part of it is just bad judgment but part of it is the triumph of the entertainment aspect of conservatism over substance. attention.t they want the outrageous. fears.nt to create we have shown they are willing to throw away standards about what is decent in politics. lo the invitation t
this is the conference that serves as the launching pad for ronald reagan. guest: among many other things. cpac has a checkered history. sometimes they have been mainstream. as i said in my piece, the ways that they have been unconventional has been in things like posting conferences about whether the flat tax is the way to go or whether all taxation is best, that kind of thing. last year they invited my low mila yeahlists -- who thinks it is to praise the alt-right and you think that is funny...
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help was on the way and help was named ronald reagan. second, in our side we often overestimate the power of our adversaries and our enemies. they are different categories. our political opponents and adversaries at home our deeply to radical, vicious killing enemies abroad. we overestimate how strong are cared we looked at wisconsin two years ago and we saw thousands of protesters occupying the capital and we thought that is an army of union activists. we listened to the wizards behind the curtain in chicago and we think axelrod was good as opposed to just lucky. we look out across the ocean at the fanatical mullahs in iran or the secretive overlords of china, and we china are we up to it? alexander solzhenitsyn wrote his memoirs, what if it is all papier-mache? i think the left is papier- mache. the media, the occupiers, is papier-mache and boy, is is t raining now. the third point -- everybody matters to this movement online and in person. i mentioned peter robinson and ed meese for a reason. at the time, peter robinson was very young
help was on the way and help was named ronald reagan. second, in our side we often overestimate the power of our adversaries and our enemies. they are different categories. our political opponents and adversaries at home our deeply to radical, vicious killing enemies abroad. we overestimate how strong are cared we looked at wisconsin two years ago and we saw thousands of protesters occupying the capital and we thought that is an army of union activists. we listened to the wizards behind the...
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reagan, in ronald majorgave his first speech outside the white house at this conference. he said the reason i am here giving this speech is i believe you dance with those who rub rung you. these are the people who got me to the presidency, i am here to thank them. potential candidates recognize that. it is just as true today as it was then. they come here to audition before the movement so people can get a sense of them, their positions, and whether they like them. about awill ask you couple headlines. cpac showcases a divided gop. this is "the hill." politico says paul ryan touts creative tension. is there creative tension at cpac? tension is ave good term. this conference, over all these years, conservatives have debated and discussed and considered different strategic directions. and at different positions on issues that are important. exam is represents that feeling -- paul ryan very much represent that feeling that it is fine to be opposed. if you want to win, you have to highlight what you are going to do. that is what he talks about. other people talk about differe
reagan, in ronald majorgave his first speech outside the white house at this conference. he said the reason i am here giving this speech is i believe you dance with those who rub rung you. these are the people who got me to the presidency, i am here to thank them. potential candidates recognize that. it is just as true today as it was then. they come here to audition before the movement so people can get a sense of them, their positions, and whether they like them. about awill ask you couple...
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ronald reagan got rid of the fairness doctrine. when a reporter reports untruths, you can go on air and rebut what is set. -- what is said. -- if waltercrete reported there was a car wreck, there was a car wreck, end of story. let's start left-wing and right-wing propaganda news. guest: i don't know about the fairness doctrine and as a journalist we never talked about it with me as a reporter. i think it is going to have to come from within. the government benefits from one-sided reporting. for them to get involved and dictate how to fix it i'm not sure is the answer. very little good comes from other vested interest who have donors and people they work for, ultimately. i think that is not the solution. i think it has to come from the marketplace and within. people talk about removing certain liability protections from the social media companies. i worry removing liability protections would give them more incentive to censor more because they say now we can be sued for these things that people say that are untrue. we have to censor
ronald reagan got rid of the fairness doctrine. when a reporter reports untruths, you can go on air and rebut what is set. -- what is said. -- if waltercrete reported there was a car wreck, there was a car wreck, end of story. let's start left-wing and right-wing propaganda news. guest: i don't know about the fairness doctrine and as a journalist we never talked about it with me as a reporter. i think it is going to have to come from within. the government benefits from one-sided reporting. for...
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ronald reagan doubled the deficit. george w. bush took a surplus and turned it into a $1.4 trillion deficit. clinton took a deficit and turned it into a surplus. obama took a $1.4 trillion deficit and turned it into $585 billion. he cut it by more than half. what did trump do? comes in immediately and next year it is going to be over a trillion dollars. $1.1 trillion. republicans love deficits. and they give you one every single time. report the facts! report the facts! don't tell me republicans say they are against deficits. they just created a $2 trillion hole in the budget. republicans love tax cuts for the rich. that is what they love. but more specifically tax cuts , for the donors. and so i have the credibility of telling you that because i told you ahead of time. you can find videos of me predicting these things. why, i am nostradamus? no. because i actually follow the news. i follow the polling and i follow the numbers. i can tell you that every single thing republicans fight for is for the donors. every one of them. the
ronald reagan doubled the deficit. george w. bush took a surplus and turned it into a $1.4 trillion deficit. clinton took a deficit and turned it into a surplus. obama took a $1.4 trillion deficit and turned it into $585 billion. he cut it by more than half. what did trump do? comes in immediately and next year it is going to be over a trillion dollars. $1.1 trillion. republicans love deficits. and they give you one every single time. report the facts! report the facts! don't tell me...
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ronald reagan sought an ascending destiny for america. that ascending destiny for america is determined by who emerges as president of the united states and how the culture here in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, and across this great country it's how we support the planks and the policies and the presidential candidates that we nominate. the destiny of america is in our hands. let us get to work and do this together. [applause] i will ask you to do what i do. on a daily basis, i will ask you to ask god to do this. to identify that individual whom he will use to restore the soul of america. [applause] will you stand with me on that? [applause] let us stand together. we will stand together and we are going to ask god. and i'm going to inject this prayer right now. our gracious and merciful heavenly father, you watch this nascent struggle and you lifted us to greatness. he watched his suffering and the blood and the treasure that has been spilled to defend this god-given liberty. and i pray that out of this process, you will identify a
ronald reagan sought an ascending destiny for america. that ascending destiny for america is determined by who emerges as president of the united states and how the culture here in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, and across this great country it's how we support the planks and the policies and the presidential candidates that we nominate. the destiny of america is in our hands. let us get to work and do this together. [applause] i will ask you to do what i do. on a daily basis, i will ask...
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i pay attention to farewell speeches, ronald reagan's in 1989, dwight d. eisenhower's when he left office, george washington's all time best farewell speech where he said that we would base our foreign policy based on what advances american interest. so that's the prism through which i will view everything. i don't think we have independent humanitarian obligations. i think our best version of being a humanitarian in the world is by being strong at home. when america is strong, the rest of the free world still has hope that we are that shining city on the hill and what hope we have is america ourselves is weak. that's what i think of foreign policy and why i come down strongly on the side of israel rather than dignifying a lot of the nonsense the biden administration has been paying homage to in the last four years. thank for you that question. thank you. if we'll go to -- ok. we'll go to the back later. a young woman in the front. >> thank you so much. i just wanted to ask, so i'm 17, i'm going to be coming out of high school here. and of course i'm think
i pay attention to farewell speeches, ronald reagan's in 1989, dwight d. eisenhower's when he left office, george washington's all time best farewell speech where he said that we would base our foreign policy based on what advances american interest. so that's the prism through which i will view everything. i don't think we have independent humanitarian obligations. i think our best version of being a humanitarian in the world is by being strong at home. when america is strong, the rest of the...
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how about the governor of california, ronald reagan? >> the picture of the fairly young reagan at the time, that was 1968 and ronald reagan was governor of california, he had been a democrat and became a republican. i have had a long history with him because he was governor there and then he ran against my boss, ford, when i was the white house photographer. they had a showdown at the republican convention in 1976. then of course, reagan went on to become president. i covered the first four years of his administration. one of the beautiful things about my career, seeing people progress through it from the beginning to the end. in 68.s ronald reagan i covered his funeral. these are people i got to know. ronald reagan and the influence he had that year. >> in 1968, i do not think reagan influenced on the war and on the domestic events, was all that great. i think it was later that reagan picked up steam. at the time, he was still a young politician on the rise. he had not yet become the governor of california. he was governor at the time.
how about the governor of california, ronald reagan? >> the picture of the fairly young reagan at the time, that was 1968 and ronald reagan was governor of california, he had been a democrat and became a republican. i have had a long history with him because he was governor there and then he ran against my boss, ford, when i was the white house photographer. they had a showdown at the republican convention in 1976. then of course, reagan went on to become president. i covered the first...
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. >> ronald reagan was collegial. he delegated. he was a bold stroke leader. he was primary colors not pastels. he was very comfortable in focusing on the three or four things that he ran on in 1980, that he knew he wanted to achieve as president. he was very comfortable inside his own skin. he hired people like jim baker, howard baker, me, others, to get everything else done and also assist him on rebuilding our national security. cutting down on wasteful spending, cutting taxes. making sure that regulations didn't get out of control. and fundamentally ending the cold war. >> why was he a subject in your book? >> well, ken i sort of posited as emblem attic as a former. a former is a class of people that had the office and the white house chief of staff at the end of the reagan years six months from the end. he is now for the last 25 years been a former white house chief of staff which is legitimate. that's what he did. and he has sort of continued the identity as a lobbyist and he's been a very, very coveted consultant and wise man. he talks about reagan a lo
. >> ronald reagan was collegial. he delegated. he was a bold stroke leader. he was primary colors not pastels. he was very comfortable in focusing on the three or four things that he ran on in 1980, that he knew he wanted to achieve as president. he was very comfortable inside his own skin. he hired people like jim baker, howard baker, me, others, to get everything else done and also assist him on rebuilding our national security. cutting down on wasteful spending, cutting taxes. making...
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. >> ronald reagan pushed american values, because he believed it was part of the american interest.the national i can't be sure, but i can't imagine an allied country like saudi arabia would feel like it had license to kill a washington post columnist on that watch. there's a broader affect on journalists worldwide. it's dangerous but unfortunate. ,auren: we're going to do a q&a and we didn't even cover half the topics i wanted to talk about. we didn't even talk about foreign influence. i'll kick it over to whoever needs the microphone. >> the comment that most struck on the sugars high, you need to break that habit. see -- allort, you you are seeing is that piece of misinformation. when i get my washington post feed, there will be to five articles, 15 of them will have trumps name on them. that is a sugar high. you guys are responsible for that. and the effect of it. >> since it's my comment, i should respond, i don't know. the incentives are all distorted. very lucky, i work for a committee that gives me resources and support to do a lot for the may not get a lot of cliques, that may
. >> ronald reagan pushed american values, because he believed it was part of the american interest.the national i can't be sure, but i can't imagine an allied country like saudi arabia would feel like it had license to kill a washington post columnist on that watch. there's a broader affect on journalists worldwide. it's dangerous but unfortunate. ,auren: we're going to do a q&a and we didn't even cover half the topics i wanted to talk about. we didn't even talk about foreign...
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reagan on march 30, 1981. the panel includes the secret service agent who pushed president reagan into a waiting limousine and the doctor operated on the president. it is hosted by the newseum, live coverage starts to 7: 30 eastern here on c-span. >> the cspan video library is valuable for following congress. committee hearings are produced and are being gathered and archive in one place. the cspan video library, find out more, read our video library blog and watch what you want when you want. "washington journal" is next, we will take your calls. on our schedules are a couple of events about the political unrest in the middle east. the moroccan foreign minister will talk about the challenges his country faces. that is at the brookings institution at 10:30 a.m. eastern. and from the carnegie endowment for international peace, the president of the american university in cairo will give her perspective on the recent changes in egypt and the arab world. that is live at 1:00 p.m. eastern. and coming up this hour,
reagan on march 30, 1981. the panel includes the secret service agent who pushed president reagan into a waiting limousine and the doctor operated on the president. it is hosted by the newseum, live coverage starts to 7: 30 eastern here on c-span. >> the cspan video library is valuable for following congress. committee hearings are produced and are being gathered and archive in one place. the cspan video library, find out more, read our video library blog and watch what you want when you...
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reagan -- we haven't mentioned but he was a terrible liar the impressione of believing his lies. were, they as they were lying for a purpose that we lyingtood that they were for and we kind of knew that they were lying and they ran competent governments obsessionsdividual of the president themselves that weretoo far and they reined in over time. johnson, too. has destroyed any distinction between truth and just doesn't care. all he's done his whole life is lie. and he lied when he ran for president. he lied in the debates. it was amazing to me what he was with.g away and he didn't stop as president. day of hisrst presidency, he went to the c.i.a. and started lying before and so he's attacking our way of life. he's attacking our government. is preparing, quite consistent, interestingly, in what hannah aaron wrote in 1951, you want to destroy people's ability to resist, you theiro destroy distinction between truth and lies because if they can't they can'tthing, act. and that's -- i don't want to the united states to nazi germany or stalinist russia. reject those comparisons in ever
reagan -- we haven't mentioned but he was a terrible liar the impressione of believing his lies. were, they as they were lying for a purpose that we lyingtood that they were for and we kind of knew that they were lying and they ran competent governments obsessionsdividual of the president themselves that weretoo far and they reined in over time. johnson, too. has destroyed any distinction between truth and just doesn't care. all he's done his whole life is lie. and he lied when he ran for...